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' BOX END. No. 403,226. Patented, May 14, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. SIMPSON, OF FOSTER PARK, FLORIDA.

BOX EN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,226, dated May 14, 1889.

Application filed August 27, 1888- Serial No. 283,901. (Model) To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN F. SIMPsoN, of Foster Park, in the county of Marion and State of Florida, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Box Ends, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention more particularly relates to the ends or end pieces of boxes used for packing and shipping oranges, lemons, and other fruits.

My invention consists in a sectionally-constructed box end, substantially as hereinafter described, and pointed outin the claims, and whereby I am not only enabled to use narrow or small timber, but a better hold is secured for the nails which secure the sides and ends of the box together, splitting avoided, and a more convenient means afforded for handling and ventilating the box.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 represents a View in perspective of a box end, as seen from its exterior, embodying my invention; and Fig. 2 is a section of the same, in part, upon the line w 00 in Fig. 1.

The box end represented in the drawings is composed of two triangular pieces, A A, cut from a comparatively small sized log and joined together by a tongue and groove, 1) c, and screws or nails cl, to form a box end of square form. This construction is not only a strong one, but a series of such ends may be made from a narrower and a less number of logs, or from almost any logs worth hauling, thus economizing their production. Such construction also provides for a better hold of the nails used to secure the sides to the ends of the box, and avoids splitting of the end, inasmuch as it admits of the entire end present-in g a cross-grain of the wood all around it.

It will be seen that the box end consists of two triangular sections secured together with their meeting surfaces in a plane diagonal to the box end, and that I have the grain of the wood parallel with the said meeting surfaces, as shown.

Furthermore, said box end A A is provided on its exterior at its center with cross-grooves e e intersecting each other at the center of the box end and, the said grooves, being sloping, will be of the greatest depth at their point of intersection, and at this point they may be cut through the wood to form a ventilating-aperture, f. This grooved construction provides for conveniently lifting or handling the box when standing or lying in dilferent positions.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An improved box end, consisting of two triangular sections secured together with their meeting surfaces in a plane diagonal to the box end, each section having the grain of the wood parallel with the said meeting surfaces, substantially as described.

2. An improved box end, consisting of two triangular sections tongued and grooved together at their meeting surfaces in a plane diagonal to the end, and provided with intersect-ing grooves at the center of the said end, each section having the grain of the wood parallel with the said meeting surfaces, substantially as described.

3. As an improved article of manufacture, a box end consisting of two triangular sections, A, tongued and grooved together at their meeting surfaces in aplane diagonal to the end and provided with cross-grooves e, in tersecting each other at the center of the end and forming a ventilating-aperture f, each section having the grain of the wood parallel with the said meeting surfaces, as set forth.

' JOHN F. SIMPSON. Witnesses:

F. S. PERRIN, J P. RAOUL. 

